Manila, Philippines, Rajab 17, 1434, May 27, 2013, SPA - Communist guerrillas set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a truck carrying police in the northern Philippines on Monday, killing seven and wounding seven officers. The members of the elite police Special Action Force were en route to a hospital for a regular medical test when the rebels, hiding in the bush along the road, detonated the explosive device and sprayed the vehicle with gunfire, said the regional police director, Chief Superintendent Rodrigo de Gracia, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 11:30 LOCAL TIME 08:30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1114393